Life Jacket Lockers

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Visiting Fowey and Salcombe recently we were much impressed with the RNLI initiative to provide life jacket lockers. These made it so much more practical to use life jackets to go ashore in the tender and then store them. And at £1 each which is returned when you collect the jackets are a great idea.
Well done.
 
I had been interested to know how much the charge would be for these - apparently nothing? I assume they are coin-in-the-slot. What determines that they are used specifically for lifejacket stowage rather than just useful temporary storage for the groceries etc while you go off exploring/to the pub/whatever? Is there a little (or big!) RNLI person in attendance to ensure proper usage :p
 
VicMallows said:
What determines that they are used specifically for lifejacket stowage rather than just useful temporary storage for the groceries etc while you go off exploring/to the pub/whatever?
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Heh, good thought.

I specifically have tatty-looking (but serviceable) old buoyancy aids for dinghy use, so that they can be left in the boat without too much risk of getting nicked (and not too pricey to replace if they are). So my reaction to the plans for lifejacket lockers was somewhat muted. But if they can be used to stash one's towel and shower kit while one goes to the pub, then I'm all in favour :D

Pete
 
prv said:
I specifically have tatty-looking (but serviceable) old buoyancy aids for dinghy use, so that they can be left in the boat without too much risk of getting nicked (and not too pricey to replace if they are).

Pete
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Me too. Although the thought has crossed my mind that in the situation where I am most likely to drown (using the dinghy) I ought to use my best lifejacket. ;)
 
parsifal said:
Me too. Although the thought has crossed my mind that in the situation where I am most likely to drown (using the dinghy) I ought to use my best lifejacket. ;)
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Horses for courses. I only use the dinghy to get ashore from an anchorage or mooring, ie somewhere relatively sheltered. So I don't need things like a sprayhood or massive amounts of buoyancy, and indeed a huge airbag around my neck and over my chest is likely to be a hindrance in trying to right a dinghy, climb back into it, or indeed swim to a nearby boat, pontoon, or shoreline. I've been around capsized sailing dinghies in a buoyancy aid enough times to know it's the right kind of thing for that situation.

Pete
 
There's nothing to stop you putting your shopping in. They are just cuboids with locking doors such as you would find in a gym or swimming pool changing room.
 
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